Best walks to or from Norbury

Norbury Station to East Croydon Station

An enjoyable urban route mostly along quiet back streets and green spaces and with a cemetery and a park as highlights. Largely flat and easy.

Easy: 7km, flat terrain.

The north exit from Queen's Road Cemetery is permanently locked; head straight across and bear left to exit onto Pawsons Road instead.

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Mitcham Eastfields Station to Norbury Station

A wholly urban route, mostly on quieter residential streets and pavements with some footpaths and traffic-free cut-throughs, including Streatham Vale Park. Good paths throughout and with steps over the railway at Mitcham Eastfields that can be avoided via the level crossing. Streatham Vale Park and Oakleigh Way Recreation Ground have benches to rest; passes Mitcham Eastfields station.

3km.

The road crossing at Eastfields level crossing can be busy.

Lunch: Shops at each end and a coffee shop at the corner of Streatham Vale Road and Woodmansterne Road.

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Streatham Station to Norbury Station

A short, enjoyable walk that bypasses the busy Streatham High Road using little-known paths and some green spaces and crossing Streatham Common with views over south-west London. Copley Park becomes quite steep going up to the common.

Easy: 2km, moderate ascents.

The route starts with a set of steps opposite Streatham station, and includes an enclosed alleyway; both can be avoided via Hopton and Polworth Roads.

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Norbury Station to Crystal Palace Station

some good views. A pleasant, hilly suburban walk with some quite steep climbs and descents and passing through parks and a small ancient wood and along quiet residential streets ranging from Victorian to early 20th-century. Some paths can be muddy underfoot in winter and early spring. Shares stretches with the well-signposted Capital Ring. Biggin Wood is a remnant of the Great North Wood; the diagonal path through Norbury Park is flanked by daffodils in spring. Toilets in the park near the Penge exit at Crystal Palace.

Tough: steep ascents. 4km.

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